Interview Questions

For equity research and investment roles, a very good understanding of accounting is required to parse through financial statements and figure out what does and does not matter.
Understanding how things flow through the three statements and how foreign operations affect company profits and cash flow is especially important for companies

What Energy Stock Would You Buy?
Pitch me a stock is a question you are certain to get in any investing role or for equity research. You will occasionally get "pitch me a stock" in investment banking, but will not be required to go as in depth. For research and investing

Despite our name, we are very interested in expanding the investment analysis and asset management segments of our website because we love investing (which does not make up for some of the awful calls made littered over the site such as our USDCAD bet – evidence to disregard certain sell

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Our corporate banking/commercial banking friends (friends only when they extend credit, otherwise just acquaintances) have brought to our attention the lack of corporate banking interview questions on the website. Good point!
Corporate banking is substantial in the US, but is becoming more and more relevant in China. There

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We have been conducting a lot of mock interviews for investment banking over the last few weeks pro bono. We love educating students and aspiring bankers, but quality and preparation have been absent, so it has become a job and we may have to start charging money.
One of the technical

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